What Does Another Interest Rate Hold Mean?

Again, the Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.5% and again we will see the banks act on their own. Part of the reason for such a benign interest rate environment (at least for the RBA) was the recent CPI data which came in at just 0.5% or 2.1% for the year. This is only just within the RBA's desired band of 2.0%-3.0%.